The clock in question: Apple's version, left; the Swiss railway version, right

The Cupertino giant tweaked the look of clock faces shown on iPads powered by iOS 6 by taking out the numbers, adding little black markers and putting a ball at the end of the second hand - a move that's left Apple rummaging its pockets for spare change.

For the Swiss Federal Railway, which last year banked a profit of 339m Swiss francs, and its passengers, a 20m CHF injection will be just the ticket. ®